No. 16 in The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I

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No. 16 in The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I is a keyboard prelude and fugue in G minor by Johann Sebastian Bach, part of his seminal collection exploring all 24 major and minor keys.

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No. 16 in The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I canonical 1

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instanceOf Baroque composition ⓘ
keyboard composition ⓘ
prelude and fugue ⓘ
associatedWork Prelude and Fugue in G minor, BWV 861 ⓘ
belongsTo keyboard repertoire ⓘ
book Book I ⓘ
catalogueNumber BWV 861 ⓘ
collection The Well-Tempered Clavier ⓘ
composer Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
composerOccupation Thomaskantor in Leipzig (Johann Sebastian Bach) ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
cyclePosition one of 24 preludes and fugues in all major and minor keys ⓘ
era Baroque era ⓘ
linked to: Baroque
followedBy No. 17 in The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I ⓘ
follows No. 15 in The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I ⓘ
genre fugue ⓘ
prelude ⓘ
hasFugue Fugue in G minor, BWV 861/2 ⓘ
hasPrelude Prelude in G minor, BWV 861/1 ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 18th century ⓘ
inCollectionPurpose exploration of all 24 major and minor keys ⓘ
influenced later keyboard pedagogy ⓘ
intendedInstrument keyboard ⓘ
key G minor ⓘ
languageOfTitle German ⓘ
movement Fugue in G minor ⓘ
Prelude in G minor ⓘ
numberInSeries 16 ⓘ
originalInstrument harpsichord ⓘ
partOf The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I ⓘ
tonalityType minor key ⓘ

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Prelude in G minor, BWV 861 → collectionPosition → No. 16 in The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I ⓘ